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Fred Stolle def. John Newcombe

1-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1972*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Fred Stolle
Score	1-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fred Stolle	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Oct 8, 1938	May 23, 1944
Age	34	28
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,845	2,123
Career W-L	177–168	556–224
Career earnings	$328	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Fred Stolle 2 – 11 John Newcombe

Path

Fred Stolle's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1972	QF	Tom Okker	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fred Stolle's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1972	F	Ken Rosewall	7-5 6-3 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1972	QF	John Alexander	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data